The Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Committee hosted the 18th annual Fannie Lou Hamer Awards at St. Johns College in Annapolis on Sunday, October 6, 2013. The award is given to local residents who have worked to keep the spirit of civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer alive through commitment to public or community service.(Front row from left to right) Dr. MLK Jr. Committee member Arlene Rankin; Fannie Lou Hamer award recipients Joyce Amos, Rhonda May Winfrey and Gloria Threadgill Mclaughlin. (Back row left to right) Mayor City of Annapolis Joshua J. Cohen; Fannie Lou Hamer award recipients Robin Revell Dunn, Mary Ellen Turner, Mary Cromwell and Lea Green.